September 14, 2022 House Republicans investigate Education Dept for allegedly using COVID relief to fund critical race theory Republicans investigating allegations that Department of Education allegedly used federal funds to schools to help with reopening after COVID-19 in order to bolster far-left programs.
September 14, 2022 Republicans ask why Biden still requires masks for Head Start toddlers House Republicans are demanding answers on why the Biden administration is still mandating masks for toddlers as young as 2 years old in the federal Head Start program.
September 14, 2022 WHO director-general says 'the end is in sight' for COVID pandemic WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus believes that the world is in a great position to end the COVID pandemic and that "the end is in sight."
September 14, 2022 Israel plans on offering updated coronavirus booster by September Israel plans on offering Phizer and BioNtechs' updated COVID booster by September, which offers protection from the Omicron BA.4/5 subvariants.
September 13, 2022 Washington Department of Corrections fined in wake of tuberculosis outbreak in prison Washington’s Department of Corrections was fined more than $84K for not following safety protocols that led to a tuberculosis outbreak in its Aberdeen prison.
September 13, 2022 Oregon parents rights group files petition against Oregon Health Authority over school vaccine mandate A parents' rights group called the Oregon Moms Union filed a petition to the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) to repeal OAR 333-019-1030, which is a vaccine mandate for public schools.
September 13, 2022 Los Angeles County officials report confirmed monkeypox death Los Angeles county health officials confirmed the first death due to monkeypox in a severely immunocompromised resident. There are nearly 22,000 cases in the U.S.
September 13, 2022 UK's long-term sickness rate highest since 2005 The UK believes that its workforce has reached the highest level of people who are too sick to work since 2005 because of a mixture of long-COVID and difficulty accessing health care.
September 13, 2022 Pentagon in 'potential noncompliance' with law after denying vaccine religious accommodation requests: IG The Pentagon's inspector general says that the agency is in "potential noncompliance" with standards for reviewing and denying service members' requests for religious accommodations to the COVID-19 vaccine.
September 13, 2022 Bill Gates concerned about maintaining focus on public health during economic downturn As the world is still economically recovering from the COVID pandemic, Bill Gates worries that finding funding to assist countries with public health issues will only get harder.
